Michael O'Sullivan

Michael O'Sullivan (Irish: Micheál Ó Súilleabháin, 1903-1920) was an Irish man who was executed by the Blacks and Tans for refusing to strip in front of the British soldiers during the Irish War of Independence in 1920.

Biography
Michael O'Sullivan was the brother of Collin O'Sullivan, and the two of them hailed from Ballingeary in County Cork, southern Ireland. O'Sullivan was a friend of Damien O'Donovan and other boys from the County Cork, and in 1920 Collin and Michael O'Sullivan, O'Donovan, and their friends were forced to stand against a wall by the British Blacks and Tans, where they were told to give their names, addresses, and trades and strip down. Michael refused to strip down, and he spoke in Irish to the Blacks and Tans officer Clifford Maddern, who hit O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan responded by striking the officer, who had his men push him into a nearby house and bayonet him to death.